Culture and values

With us, you can be you – the real you!

While we face tough challenges along the way, we nurture an inspiring, fun and positive team environment where you feel valued for being you – the real you, and where you can use your unique talents and skillset most effectively to make a productive and successful difference.

A ‘we can’ culture

We create an environment where you feel valued for being you – because if you can use your unique talents and skillset, then together we can. Though the challenges we face can be tough, we take pride in nurturing an inspiring and positive environment. Whether that means joining our book club, taking lunch at our puzzle table or celebrating Pride with a Bake Off, there’s plenty to get involved in!

Our values

Our values: community-first, collaborative, bold and innovative, underpin our culture, the way we do things and what we believe in.

Championing change

We are passionate about moving further, faster in making a real change and we want to empower our team to champion what’s important to them. We’ve formed four team-led champion groups that ensure we keep Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Sustainability, Culture and wellbeing at their core.

Learning and Development

With us, you can grow and develop.

A cure can’t wait! That’s why we will always support your learning, growth and development to help you go further, faster. Because we know that if you can, we can too.

We’re committed to enabling our team to be the best they can be. That’s why we give everyone time to plan their development and growth with their line manager via regular one-to-ones and quarterly reviews, supporting this process with a strong learning and development offer.

As soon as you join the team, you’ll start working through The Charity Foundation Programme – a detailed personalised on-boarding programme that covers your first 100 days at The Charity. You’ll also have access to The Charity Academy, which includes a range of self-managed learning resources from Brilliant Basics to Leadership and beyond.

We’ve adopted a blended approach when it comes to learning and development, which means that as well as attending internal and external face-to-face training, we also encourage attendance to free conferences and seminars, and champion self-directed learning, on-the-job learning and involvement in exciting and stretching projects. With an exceptionally talented team, we maximise our opportunity to learn from each other through learning lunches, mentoring schemes and action learning sets.

We know that every single member of our team can make a life-changing difference and play a vital role in our vision – a world where brain tumours are defeated. And the more knowledge, experience and skills we can all gain, the quicker we can get there.